Paddle and ball rack for ball-bat games



Oct. 23, 1956 D. J. BARRETT 4 PADDLE AND BALL RACK FOR BALL-BAT GAMESFiled Sept. 25, 1 0

ATTORNEYS United States Patent PADDLE AND BALL RACK FOR BALL-BAT GAMESDavid J. Barrett, Detroit, Mich., assignor of one-half to Joseph E.Barrett, Detroit, Mich.

Application September 25, 1950, Serial No. 186,630 1 Claim. (Cl. 211-13)The invention relates to equipment designed for use in connection withvarious ball-bat games, such as table tennis, badminton and other gamesof a similar character.

It is the object of the invention to obtain a construction of rack forholding the paddles, rackets or other bats of the game and for alsoholding the balls, birds, etc., all compactly stored in accessibleposition.

It is a further object to form the rack so that it may be mounted uponthe wall of the game room and would have an ornamental appearance.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the construction ashereinafter set forth.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved rack;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof showing some of the paddles inengagement therewith;

Fig. 3 is a section substantially on line 33, Fig. 2, showing a paddlein engagement with the rack and balls stored in the magazine.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, A is a back plate for attachment to the wall.B and B are spaced arms projecting outward from the lower end portion ofthe plate and provided with a series of vertically extending notches Con their inner sides. Each of these notches is adapted to receive apaddle D which will extend between the adjacent arms in a plane parallelto the back plate. The notches C are downwardly tapered as indicated atC to alford better support for the edge of the paddle when engagedtherewith. Mounted on each of the arms B and B and extending upwardtherefrom is a magazine E for holding the balls or birds F. As shownthis magazine is formed by a pair of spaced strips E, E having theirrear edges secured to the back plate A and also having concaved innerfaces forming a channel for receiving a series of balls. This leaves anopening E at the front between the strips for the insertion of thefinger to re move a ball. The back plate A may be provided withapertures G for screws or other means for securing the plate to thewall.

In use the rack may be mounted in any convenient position on the wall,or other support, and will serve to store all of the paddles or bats ofa game set and also all of the balls thereof.

While I have specifically illustrated and described a rack for holdingtable tennis paddles and balls, it is obvious that the same constructioncan be used for other games such as badminton, or even for holdingfull-sized tennis rackets and balls.

What I claim as my invention is:

A holder for the paddle bats and balls of a ball-bat game comprising aback plate for mounting upon a wall, a pair of spaced arms projectingforward from the lower portion of said plate, and provided with a seriesof registering notches on the inner faces thereof adapted to engage theopposite edges of a plurality of paddle bats to hold the same in planesparallel to said plate, and ball holding magazines mounted on said backplate to extend upward from said arms, being open at the top and also atthe front and closed at the bottom by said arms.

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